Aleister Crowley
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Exploration of the use of art in Thelemic Ritual
Tento článek popisuje vznik a specifika Thothova tarotu, tedy vrcholného díla Aleistera Crowleyho a Lady Friedy Harris.
Despite the centrality of the concept of God in Christian theology and Western philosophy for over two millennia, little attention has been given the concept of God in twentieth-century occultism in general, and in the writings of... more
An investigation of Love and Hate and their affect on the Artistic Condition
In: Bold Climbers, Jelena Martinovic (Ed), Lausanne, Cordyceps Press
Este volume recolhe textos reelaborados de oito comunicações proferidas no ciclo de Conferências O Guardador de Papeis, no âmbito das celebrações dos 120 anos do nascimento de Fernando Pessoa (1888-2008) que tiveram lugar na Casa Fernando... more
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu "Saturn Hitler"
Jimmy Page had a deep interest in the occult, especially the work of Aleister Crowley, and this interest, which can also be seen in other British rock acts at the time such as David Bowie, filtered into his work with Led Zeppelin,... more
The documents concerning the relationship between Fernando Pessoa and Aleister Crowley preserved in the Yorke Collection at the Warburg Institute (London) have been known for some time. However, recent new findings have prompted a new... more
Um projeto abandonado e esquecido há dez anos atrás. Que vai continuar abandonado, mas pelo menos posso compartilhar os rascunhos para quem tiver interesse.
Grant Morrison is one of the world’s most acclaimed comic writers, known for both metafictional stylistic experiments and his very public penchant for a comparably postmodernist form of occult bricolage commonly called chaos magic.... more
Il 2 settembre 1930 dal piroscafo Alcantara in rotta verso l’America del Sud sbarcano a Lisbona il noto occultista Aleister Crowley e la sua giovane compagna Hanni Jaeger. Ad aspettarli sulla banchina c’è il poeta Fernando Pessoa.... more
Próba podsumowania zjawiska XX-wiecznej kontrkultury.
Indice del libro de Sergio Fritz Roa, "El culto a la serpiente. Fragmentos de una creencia prohibida".
Diese kleine Schrift geht der Frage nach, ob satanistische Kulte und trauma-basierte Mind Control-Techniken hinter der Politik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts stehen. Ausgangspunkt der Recherchen für diese Schrift war der Bestseller "Das... more
The study analyses the changing construction of femininities and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon, a central deity in Aleister Crowley’s (1875–1947) esoteric religion Thelema. Femininity has occupied a... more
The first of a three-part series of short articles giving an overview of the history of Boleskine House, located on the southern shore of Loch Ness, in the central Scottish Highlands. The house was commissioned by Archibald Campbell... more
Kenneth Grant’s published work was substantial, reaching across six decades. The first edition of Henrik Bogdan’s Bibliography was published in 2003 by Academia Esoterica Press, Sweden. More original work by Kenneth Grant has been... more
Language: Polish. With an English summary. The book is a much needed update on recent developments in research on western esotericism. It presents history of academic research in this field, proposes new and more accurate Polish... more
[Arcane Worlds. Biographies, experiences and practices of contemporary magicians] On the basis of a field study this volume presents the biographical backgrounds and individual understanding of magic of contemporary magicians, including... more
Examines esoteric/occult writer Kenneth Grant’s use of the fictional writings of Anglo-Welsh fin-de-siecle/decadent/’weird fiction’ writer Arthur Machen.
In the twentieth century, Thelema arose as a philosophical religion that addressed the exploration and understanding of personal will. In this way, it is an expression of polytheistic practice that has incorporated wisdom from many of the... more
Sexual magick is a magical sexual practice performed in several orders of Western esotericism, especially in the O.T.O (Ordo Templi Orientis) and through Thelema. This practice involves several rituals, methods of operation, a cosmology... more
Although Alan Moore has criticized the occult appropriation of H.P. Lovecraft in interviews, this article contends that this is precisely what Moore has done in his graphic novel Providence (illustrated by Jacen Burrows). This article... more
I here present an analysis of Aleister Crowley's talismans for his Temple of L.I.L.
A detailed commentary and analysis of the Medieval Islamic philosopher Al-Kindi’s magical treatise ‘On Rays’ (also known as ‘On The Stellar Rays’ and ‘The Theory of The Magical Arts’). In this independent research project, I have... more
From Mega Therion, to The Great Beast 666 and even Little Sunshine, Aleister Crowley, the renowned occultist from the turn of the twentieth century, went by many names (and many more than those mentioned). Still to this day often hailed... more
A short piece for general readership about the esoteric book collection of Jhonn Balance, member of the influential electronic group Coil. This text is published as part of Barrington, Phil (ed.), 2015, "The Golden Age of Bloodsports:... more
Aleister Crowley's diary for the period of his travel to Portugal and his meeting with Fernando Pessoa has long been considered lost or inaccessible. However, a copy has been finally found and is here presented and published for the first... more
The story of Jack Parsons--the Southern California rocket scientist-cum-sex magician who co-founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and did Thelemic rituals with L. Ron Hubbard--features a charismatic blend of sex, sorcery, technology and... more
This is an abstract from the 2014 Acumen edition of the book, based on the second proofs (so with some slight variations with respect to the actually printed version).
"The myth of the Vampire in the Slavic mythological pool varies across the cultural nuances of the nations. This creature of the afterlife, with magical and often demonic attributes, appears in as many shapes and forms as there are... more
The first paper I published (2009). It was printed in the "Diabolical" anthology by Scarlet Imprint. Uploaded here with the kind permission of the publisher.
Este trabalho se propõe a investigar como a magia sexual de Aleister Crowley dialogou e incorporou elementos da scientia sexualis da virada do século XX e da ars erótica tântrica que chegava à Europa como resultante do processo de... more
A paper presented at the 2008 International Conference, London, UK. Preliminary text, copyrighted by the author. Please do not quote without seeking the author’s written consent. CESNUR reproduces or quotes documents from the media and... more
Aleister Crowley is a well known 19th-20th century magician, Francois Rabelais was a 16th century monk, remembered largely for his well known work of satire Gargantua and Pantagruel, what could these two and cannabis have in common? For... more